Herbicides

Tillage Management: herbicide options for when the weather turns

Tillage farmers need to be prepared for when the rain stops and fields dry out to get crops sprayed, fertilised and planted.

HUSBANDRY 18 February 2026

Tillage Management: herbicide options for when the weather turns

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Pre-emergence herbicides crucial for grass weed control

Pre-emergence herbicides crucial for grass weed control

NEWS 18 February 2026

Blackgrass and its unlikely sources prove costly

Blackgrass and its unlikely sources prove costly

CROPS 4 February 2026

Rye brome confirmed as first ALS-resistant species in Ireland

Rye brome confirmed as first ALS-resistant species in Ireland

Rye brome confirmed as first ALS-resistant species in Ireland

NEWS 18 January 2026

Tillage Management: good conditions and catching up on spraying

Tillage Management: good conditions and catching up on spraying

Tillage Management: good conditions and catching up on spraying

HUSBANDRY 7 January 2026

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Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Rising wild oat resistance threatens the future of continuous spring barley

Vijaya Bhaskar, a Teagasc grass weed researcher, and John Pettit, a Teagasc tillage advisor, outline the growing scale of wild oat resistance to herbicides and management strategies to adopt.

NEWS 30 July 2025

55 calls to national poisons centre from agricultural workplaces

55 calls to national poisons centre from agricultural workplaces

Overall, agricultural products such as pesticides and herbicides accounted for 233 poisoning enquiries to the centre.

NEWS 30 July 2025

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

Tillage Management: nitrates, weather and herbicides

New nitrates rules are mainly positive for tillage farmers with some restrictions on manures applied in the autumn time.

HUSBANDRY 30 July 2025

Importing straw from England a 'very dangerous practice'

Importing straw from England a 'very dangerous practice'

A UK weeds scientist has said that importing straw from fields with high levels of blackgrass to Ireland is a dangerous practice.

NEWS 30 July 2025

Delay sowing where blackgrass is an issue

Delay sowing where blackgrass is an issue

Blackgrass can get out of control very quickly where it is not looked after and there are no cultural controls implemented.

NEWS 30 July 2025

Weed control begins with seed rate

Weed control begins with seed rate

Overestimating establishment rates in cereal crops can give grass weeds room to spread, writes Conor Kehoe.

NEWS 30 July 2025

When is the best time to spray weeds in reseeds?

When is the best time to spray weeds in reseeds?

Aidan Brennan looks at the timing of post emergence weed spraying in new reseeds to get the best kill.

RESEEDING 30 July 2025

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Select milk replacers carefully to ensure top calf development and growth

Maximising the potential of every animal starts with selecting a quality calf milk replacer (CMR) that includes a bespoke health package to suit the calves being fed.

Select milk replacers carefully to ensure top calf development and growth

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